Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neuroscience Alumni
(mouse over names for pictures, where available)
| Name | Affiliation(s) | Lab | Links | |
| Nii Addy | INP | Picciotto | nii.addy@yale.edu | |
| Michael Akins | INP | Greer | michael.akins@yale.edu | |
| Cadherins in the developing olfactory system | ||||
| Kazuto Ataka | INP | Pieribone | kazuto.ataka@yale.edu | |
| Development of a genetically targetable optical reporter of membrane potential | ||||
| Mark Baccei | INP | Kocsis | mark.baccei@yale.edu | |
| Mechanisms of action of the antiepileptic gabapentin | ||||
| Christopher Baker | INP | Manuelidis | christopher.baker@yale.edu | |
| Microglial gene expression in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease | ||||
| Genevieve Bender | INP | Small | genevieve.bender@yale.edu | |
| Rachel Berman | INP | Blumenfeld | rachel.berman@yale.edu | |
| Linda Bi | MD-PhD Neurobiology | Matthews | linda.bi@yale.edu | |
| The role of BEHAB/brevican in gliomas | ||||
| Shari Birnbaum | INP | Arnsten | shari.birnbaum@yale.edu | |
| The effect of protein kinase C and protein kinase A intracellular signaling mechanisms on prefrontal cognitive function during stress | ||||
| Iris Bonilla | INP | Strittmatter | iris.bonilla@yale.edu | |
| SPRIAA is expressed by axotomized neurons and promotes axonal outgrowth | ||||
| Jennifer Bourne | INP | Pieribone | jennifer.bourne@yale.edu | |
| Actin and actin-binding proteins in neurotransmission | ||||
| Avis Brennan Hains | Neurobiology | Arnsten | avis.brennan@yale.edu | |
| Christopher Cantener | INP | Sigworth | christopher.cantener@yale.edu | |
| 3-D reconstruction of the maxi K channel | ||||
| Allison Carey | MD-PhD | Carlson | allison.carey@yale.edu | |
| Jennifer Chao | INP | Nestler | jennifer.chao@yale.edu | |
| Characterization of the mouse adenylyl cyclase type VIII gene promoter: regulation by cAMP and CREB | ||||
| Matt Colonnese | INP | Constantine-Paton | matthew.colonnese@yale.edu | |
| The NMDA receptor as mediator of synaptic elimination in the developing superior colliculus | ||||
| Kathy Dave | INP | Bordey | kathy.egan@yale.edu | |
| Denise Davis | INP | Strittmatter | denise.davis@yale.edu | |
| Doug Davis | MD-PhD | Pieribone | douglas.davis@yale.edu | |
| Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of whisker-evoked responses in the mouse somatosensory system | ||||
| Scott Floyd | INP | DeCamilli | scott.floyd@yale.edu | |
| Amphiphysin: an aptly named molecule? | ||||
| Adam Frost | MD-PhD | Unger | adam.frost@yale.edu | |
| Darlene Gabeau | INP | Greer | darlene.gabeau@yale.edu | |
| Targeting of pre- and post-synaptic proteins to granule cell dendritic spines | ||||
| Sharmin Ghaznavi | MD-PhD | Johnson | sharmin.ghaznavi@yale.edu | |
| Keith Gipson | MD-PhD | Yeckel | keith.gipson@yale.edu | |
| Julie Golomb | INP | Chun | Website | julie.golomb@yale.edu |
| Neural mechanisms of attention, working memory, and eye movements | ||||
| Shannon Gourley | INP | Taylor | shannon.gourley@yale.edu | |
| Role of amygdalohippocampal BDNF/GluR1 in persistent depressive-like behavior | ||||
| Tadzia Grandpré | INP | Strittmatter | tadzia.grandpre@yale.edu | |
| Nogo: A molecular determinant of axon growth and regeneration | ||||
| Ming Guo | INP | Dohlman | ming.guo@yale.edu | |
| Gpa1 signaling and its effectors | ||||
| Anna Hagenston | Neurobiology | Yeckel | anna.hagenston@yale.edu | |
| Bilal Haider | Neurobiology | McCormick | bilal.haider@yale.edu | |
| Elissa Hallem | INP | Carlson | elissa.hallem@yale.edu | |
| The role of odorant receptors in odor coding | ||||
| Sam Hernandez | INP | Koleske | samuel.hernandez@yale.edu | |
| Role of Arg nonreceptor tyrosine kinase in synaptic plasticity | ||||
| Ginger Hoffman | INP | Dohlman | ginger.hoffman@yale.edu | |
| Modulation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisae | ||||
| Nicole Horst | INP | Laubach | nicole.horst@yale.edu | |
| Richard Hsu | MD-PhD | Duman | richard.hsu@yale.edu | |
| Role of the melanocortin-4 receptor in mediating drug reward | ||||
| Chou Hung | INP | Roe | chou.hung@yale.edu | |
| Brightness computation and inherent biases in cortical circuitry | ||||
| Josh Hunsberger | INP | Duman | josh.hunsberger@yale.edu | |
| Mining exercise regulated targets and determining their effects on animal models of depression and neurogenesis | ||||
| Matt B. Johnson | Neurobiology | Sestan | matthew.b.johnson@yale.edu | |
| Warren Jones | INP | Klin | warren.jones@yale.edu | |
| Takatoshi Karasawa | INP | Lombroso | takatoshi.karasawa@yale.edu | |
| Frizzled-9 is activated by Wnt-2 and functions in Wnt/b-catenin signaling | ||||
| Ji-Eun Kim | INP | Strittmatter | ji-eun.kim@yale.edu | |
| In Vivo interactions of Nogo and Nogo receptor | ||||
| Eyal Kimchi | MD-PhD | Laubach | eyal.kimchi@yale.edu | |
| Josh Klein | INP | Waxman | joshua.klein@yale.edu | |
| Dilja Krueger | INP | Nairn | dilja.krueger@yale.edu | |
| A role for reelin at the synapse; effects on synaptic signaling and behavior in cortex and hippocampus | ||||
| Ken Kwan | INP | Sestan | kenneth.kwan@yale.edu | |
| Ben Lacar | INP | Bordey | benjamin.lacar@yale.edu | |
| Evelyn Lambe | INP | Aghajanian | evelyn.lambe@yale.edu | |
| Glutamate release from thalamocortical terminals in frontal cortex: Differential mechanisms of modulation by nicotine and serotonin | ||||
| Kresimir Letinic | INP | Rakic | kresimir.letinic@yale.edu | |
| Brian Lipscomb | INP | Greer | brian.lipscomb@yale.edu | |
| Differential localization of glycoproteins in olfactory receptor neurons | ||||
| Lou Marotti | INP | Dohlman | lou.marotti@yale.edu | |
| Regulation of G protein signaling by post-translational protein modifications | ||||
| Arjun Masurkar | MD-PhD | Chen | arjun.masurkar@yale.edu | |
| John McGann | INP | Brown | john.mcgann@yale.edu | |
| Late-spiking neurons in perirhinal cortex and the lateral nucleus of the amygdala: Properties, mechanisms, and functions | ||||
| Paulette McRae | Neurobiology | Matthews | paulette.mcrae@yale.edu | |
| Activity-dependent regualtion of the perineuronal net component of the extracellular matrix | ||||
| Nelson Medeiros | INP | Forscher | nelson.medeiros@yale.edu | |
| Role of ERM in the rearrangement of the cortical actin structure of Aplysia growth cones | ||||
| Becky Meier-Klein | INP | Howe | rebecca.meier-klein@yale.edu | |
| Can the lurcher mutation reveal the function of a conserved GluR protein sequence? | ||||
| Ed Meloni | INP | Davis | edward.meloni@yale.edu | |
| Dopaminergic modulation of motor reflexes: Studies with the acoustic startle response in rats | ||||
| Jed Meltzer | INP | Constable | jed.meltzer@yale.edu | |
| Task-induced deactivation and the role of rhythmic slow activity in human cognition | ||||
| Kumar Narayanan | MD-PhD | Laubach | kumar.narayanan@yale.edu | |
| Emily Osterweil | INP | Mooseker | emily.osterweil@yale.edu | |
| Role of myosins in the nervous system | ||||
| Katherine Owuor | INP | Strittmatter | katherine.martushova@yale.edu | |
| James Park | MD-PhD | Strittmatter | j.park@yale.edu | |
| Angela Purcell | INP | Carew | angela.purcell@yale.edu | |
| The role of tyrosine kinases in different forms of plasticity in Aplysia californica | ||||
| Reba Rabenstein | INP | Picciotto | rebecca.rabenstein@yale.edu | |
| The role of adducins, actin-regulating proteins, in synaptic plasticity | ||||
| David Ross | INP | Gore | david.ross@yale.edu | |
| James Schafer | INP | Rothman | vulture@evilscience.net | |
| Mixture encoding in the olfactory bulb probed with fMRI | ||||
| André Schmandke | INP | Strittmatter | andre.schmandke@yale.edu | |
| Visiting student from Germany | ||||
| Antonio Schmandke | INP | Strittmatter | antonio.schmandke@yale.edu | |
| Visiting student from Germany | ||||
| Eric Schmidt | INP | Strittmatter | eric.schmidt@yale.edu | |
| The role of Collapsin-Response-Mediator-Protein (CRMP) in Sema3A signaling and axon guidance | ||||
| Rob Sears | INP | DiLeone | robert.sears@yale.edu | |
| The role of MCH signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens in reinforcing behaviors | ||||
| Keith Shafritz | INP | Shaywitz/Gore | keith.shafritz@yale.edu | |
| The functional neural correlates of attention in ADHD and normal adolescents | ||||
| Tamara Shaw | MD-PhD | Nestler | tamara.shaw@yale.edu | |
| Transcription factors in drug addiction: Mapping the roles of CREB and dFosB in neuroadaptation following chronic drug administration | ||||
| Doug Sheridan | INP | douglas.sheridan@yale.edu | ||
| Mike Singer | INP | Shepherd | michael.singer@yale.edu | |
| Olfactory receptor proteins: Computer analysis to probe differential interactions with scent molecules | ||||
| Caitlin Smith | INP | Howe | caitlin.smith@yale.edu | |
| Properties of AMPA and kainate receptors in developing cerebellar granule cells in situ | ||||
| Derek Snyder | INP | Bartoshuk | derek.snyder@yale.edu | |
| Rebecca Steiner | INP | Picciotto | steiner_rebecca@hotmail.com | |
| Drug self-administration in the mouse and the molecular consequences of nicotine in neurons | ||||
| Mike Sutton | INP | Carew | michael.sutton@yale.edu | |
| Behavioral, cellular and molecular analysis of intermediate-term memory in Aplysia | ||||
| Matt Townsend | INP | Constantine-Paton | matthew.townsend@yale.edu | |
| Activity dependent regulation of NMDA receptors | ||||
| Nataliya Uboha | INP | Picciotto | nataliya.uboha@yale.edu | |
| Identifying interacting partners of CaMKI via a yeast two-hybrid approach | ||||
| Nicole Ullrich | MD-PhD | nicole.ullrich@yale.edu | ||
| Susheel Vijayraghavan | Neurobiology | Arnsten | susheel.vijayraghavan@yale.edu | |
| Physiological actions and signaling mechanisms of dopamine D1-D5 receptor modulation of working memory circuitry in prefrontal cortex | ||||
| Christian Von Hehn | INP | Jordt | christian.vonhehn@yale.edu | |
| Jen Warner-Schmidt | INP | Duman | jschmidt@mail.rockefeller.edu | |
| Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mediates neurogenic and behavioral responses to antidepressants | ||||
| Mary Whitman | MD-PhD Neurobiology | Greer | mary.whitman@yale.edu | |
| Adult Neurogenesis: Neuronal Diversity, Migration and Integration into Synaptic Circuits | ||||
| Dan Wolf | INP | Russell | daniel.wolf@yale.edu | |
| Opiate addiction and neural plasticity: Regulation of neurotrophic intracellular signaling pathways by chronic morphine | ||||
| Lei Xu | INP | Xu | lei.xu@yale.edu | |
| Characterization of atrophin protein family using Drosophila model organism | ||||
| Yvonne Yang | MD-PhD | Strittmatter | yvonne.yang@yale.edu | |
| The role of Nogo, an inhibitor of neurite outgrowth, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | ||||
| Andrea Yao | INP | Carlson | andrea.yao@yale.edu | |
| Ken Yoon | INP | Keshishian | kenneth.yoon@yale.edu | |
| Developmental plasticity at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction | ||||